2009/11/25 Itschak Mugzach <[email protected]>: > Interesting. IBM used to use product prefixes stating with A to J to > differentiate IBM code form application code. . Now, the are some new ones > starting with 'S'.
If IBM is using those prefixes, it would seem to be a violation of the SMP/E Packaging Rules, which clearly says that: -------------------------- A-I When used by IBM, all three characters of the prefix are generally alphabetic (with some exceptions). Can be used by non-IBM products only if the prefix includes at least one numeric or national character. J-Z Available for non-IBM products. The prefix can be all alphabetic or can include numeric or national characters. Note: ZZZ is reserved for the first three characters of generic USERMODs written by customers. Q Used by AS/400 -------------------------- But since IBM makes the rules, presumably they can gratuitously break them. Indeed there are already cases where they have used prefixes in e.g. the /usr/lpp file system there are /java, /ldap, /pli, and even /smp - all of which are rightly in the non-IBM range.One wonders if they have been properly registered with the Powers That Be. As for those "S" entries in the Diagnosis Reference, I think they are remnants of "sysgen" macros, which were SGxxxxxx long before SMP or packaging rules existed. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
